Why Avocados Could Save Your Life

If you don’t know already, avocados are considered a superfood and so they should be. They are full of many benefits and they taste incredible in smoothies, desserts, salads and on their own. They’re easy to add in any dish and are the best replacements for unhealthy saturated fats like butter.

So why should you start eating avocados daily? Below is a list of 6 reason why avocado are so good for you.

They are made up of 3/4 monounsaturated fat, which is a “good fat’. monounsaturated fats are good for you because they reduce the levels of bad cholesterol in your blood and lowers your risk of stroke and heart disease, which is the leading cause of death in western society.

They are high in protein. With a whopping 4g of protein in one avocado, that makes it the highest protein content fruit. This means it will help you feel full sooner and keep you satisfied for longer.

Avocados contain near to none sugar in them. This means it is the lowest sugar content fruit out there, which means you won’t need to worry about consuming fructose. Thus you’ll be free from the effects fructose causes.

They’re jam-packed with minerals like potassium (more than a banana!), rich in vitamin K ( which is essential for building strong bones and preventing heart disease), Vitamin B, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B5 (all B Vitamins are essential for energy production and building new red blood cells), Vitamin C ( which protects your against immune system deficiencies, cardiovascular disease, prenatal health problems, eye disease, and even skin wrinkling and Vitamin E ( Vitamin E is full of Antioxidants, which remove free radicals. This means it reduces your risk of getting cancer and it has great properties which heals your skin and protects you from the sun, leaving your skin looking healthy and young)

You’ll gain nearly half your daily requirements of dietary fibre in just one medium avocado. So that’s a whopping 11g of fibre. This means you’ll be kept full for longer and reduce your urge to “snack” between meals.

Additionally research has pointed out that consuming an avocado a day also reduce your risk of diabetes and obesity as they help promote lower body weight…plus they also prevent particular cancers. According to the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry they offer significant protection against breast and prostate cancer.

So how can you easily incorporate avocados into your daily meal plan?

Check out some of my delicious and easy to prepare avocado recipes.

Avocado and Lime Smoothie:

Ingredients:

100g avocado

80g lime

1 handful of spinach

200g cucumber

125mls unsweetened almond milk

stevia

Ice

a dash of water or more unsweetened almond milk

Directions:

Throw all ingredients into your super powerful blender (if you don’t have one you can purchase an amazing one here for 50% off the recommended retail price, they’re selling like hot cakes so don’t miss out…click here)

Stuffed “Walnut” Avocado:makes 2 halves

ingredients:

4x walnuts (ideal to soak them for 1 hr)

1/2 tsp. olive oil

1/4 tsp ground cumin

1/4 tsp chilli powder

1/4 tsp garlic powder

1/2 diced tomato

1 avocado

Salt and pepper, to taste

Directions:

blend the walnuts, olive oil and spices in the food processor, until it looks like well crumbled)

scoop out the avocado meat with a large spoon and place it in a bowel (keep the avocado skin)

dice half a tomato

In the same bowl as the avocado meat, add the diced tomato and walnut mix

add them back into the avocado and serve with salt and pepper!

Avocado Saladserves 1

Ingredients:

mixed lettuce

spinach

kale

cos lettuce

1/2 medium avocado

Drizzled with a lemon-tahini dressing

Lemon-Tahini Dressing:

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons lemon juice / apple cider vingar

2 tablespoons water

2 tablespoons tahini

1 small clove garlic, minced

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1 tsp. Natvia (Stevia) (This is optional)

Directions for dressing:

Whisk everything into a bowl until it becomes smooth and creamy.

Directions for whole salad:

add everything into a large bowl

make your lemon-tahini dressing

mix as much dressing as you through the salad and give a good mix

serve on a plate

garnish with thin slices of avocado

Whole Avocadoserves 1-2

Ingredients:

1 medium size avocado

1 tsp. olive oil

squeeze of fresh lemon juice

salt and pepper

Directions:

Cut avocado in half

remove core

drizzle with olive oil, squeeze some lemon juice and add salt and pepper.

eat one half or have both!

Zucchini Noodle with Avocado Pasta Sauceserves 1

Ingredients:

1 medium avocado, pitted

1/2 juice of a lemon

3 garlic cloves (reduce down to 1, if you don’t like it garlicky)

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 cup fresh basil ( optional if you don’t have any available)

2 tbsp. olive oil

2 medium zucchini ( for your zucchini pasta, you can have normal pasta if you prefer)

salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Prepare your Zucchini noodles by washing them and then peeling them

now use your veggie spiral to make your “noodles”

In a food processor, blend you olive oil, lemon and garlic

Now add your avocado, basil and salt and blend again until it becomes nice and creamy.

This isn't just another "sugar free" recipe blog where they promise to deliver recipes with no sugar yet still include heaps of fructose in their recipes, crazy hey!

Well, I had enough of these so called "sugar free recipes" and I wanted to provide people with real healthy delicious 100% sugar free recipes, yes that means no fructose, dextrose or glucose!

Many of my recipes use 90% Stevia Extract as well as "Natvia" one of the few fructose-free sweeteners out there. It's made from a blend of 100% non-GMO Organic Stevia and erythritol, which makes it very low calorie also!

So Enjoy my sweet and savoury recipes... and yes I definitely have a sweet tooth.

This blog is definitely designed for people who love to enjoy sweets, but don't want to worry about the repercussions of sugar.